The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-19

WA,u,Soros, D. O., Dec. ls-An ex'
PLANTATION Ia given by a prominent Ben
asor, who 10 oppossd 10 tho confirmation
Of l,m,r, otsosion, o, lack..ol action. on
the psrt Of Tho Convention Of Republican
Clubs, which Is, In effect. that SENATOR
who will volo asalnst continuation ere
very deslroua that no action DO taken, AZ
n might be argued that their opposition
wss duo moro to pir'y r:es:ute than to 0
ducs.loa oil principle.
Senator Ersrts, who presided, 10 tasd to
hsvs rulel that the motion to table the
resolution was carried, when there was O
clear m'i,lity against tabllns It, because
he VA, we'll aware OF tho feeling among
bis fellow Senators, that they should be
left AZ FREQ from partisan or pertonal intlu'
encs IS though they wero to render ju.
dlclal decision. II 10 generally thought,
however, that tho feeling manifested ut
tho convention has made the confirmation
Of Mr.. LAMAR al loss. doubtful.
l. Ia now thought probable that no &C.
lion will DO taken on the nomination Of
Lamar, Vllau aud Dickinson Till Alter the
holiday recess, to give opportunity Tor
sentiment to Tally develop on both eides.
The situation 10 peculiar. II Dickinson
and Villas should be confirmed, and Lamar
rejected, the latter would DO LEFT GU, In
the cold altogether, and then would have
10 retire to private lie or accept position
lower In tho official scale than tina. Of
senator Of Cabinet oflicsr.
A Republican Senator eAid this even.
ing: "Itthe Hena,o delayu action till after
the holiday fecesa II will b. bad for Mr.
Lamar, AID I think you will hrd thpt 40
slon will be deferred TIL tina. time."
SENATOR INGALLS, ExrRE.sE, nlNsKLr.
Mr.. lngalls, member Of the COMMITTEE
on the Judiciary, han been siriug Mr..
Lamar up In a running cha. about men
and things connected with the frat days
Of the new ssssion Of Congress. lie
eaij: ~ presume Mr.. Lsmlr will be con.
drmed, 80 no Is no ~orse than many other
appointments the President has been cam.
pslled to make In tho interea.a OF his party
in tho South. Mr.. Lamar has been init.
mately and prominently connected with
political sTaIra for nearly thirty years
DO never hiss been admitted to practices 81
the Bar Of tho Supreme Conrt. He was
only classified 10 a lawyer, never having
seriously engaged III the practices Of the
profession. In Congress before the war
be Has tho moot vIoleat, truculent and
mslevolsnt al all ths sscts,ion leaders In
his avosed koo!iiity 10 the Union and HE
advocacy oil the cons,i.ut:onality Of slavery
and accession. Having bsen tho con.
6ieatial friend Of Jefferson Davis and Tx
diplomatic scent Of the Confsderacy, o,
tho close Of the war DO disappeared
from public sdslrs and bsc,me Identified
with provincial Institution oil learning
In Mississippi as nominal Professor Of
Law. |! Is not known that he over sp.
peared 10 court In the Interval between
the death Of the Conisderacy and his 70.
entrance into public life, except 10 defend
murdcrsra and assassins who were charged
with violating tbs election laws end over.
throwing by blood End riot the political
rights oil tho freedmen OF the South, MIR.
Lamar entsIed tho Senate al tho bsneti.
ciary Of tho moas brutal end In human con.
spirscy which ever disg,acsd humanity.
1t vas subsequently known as the Missia.
sippi plan, and was tho invention OF hia
quoudsm colleague. the present SENATOR,
Mr. George. Mr.. L.mas'd political ain,
cerity 10 Illustrated by his declaration In
tho ssnats that Jefferson Dsris would oc.
cupy niahs in hiutory by tho slds Of John
Hampdsn uud George Washington, and
hiu Intellectual dex.eri.y 10 eGiden. by his
sulo9y Ct Charles Sumner In the Soyih
and John G. Calhoun 10 the South. lie
repre,ents everything bid In the past, dan.
scrcus In the present, and ominoa, In the
fr,uYr